Posted on 11/25/2018 4:46:24 AM PST by Kaslin
The end is near, were all going to die. Unless, that is, we empower government to control more of the economy and our lives. Its a standard trick of the left predict doom and gloom in the future in an attempt to scare the Hell out of people while promising to avoid it if we let them get their way. While this could apply to nearly anything Democrats are pushing on any given day, this week its about global cooling. I mean, global warming. Er, scratch that, climate change for now, at least.
The government issued another climate report on Friday, as required by law, and it is full of well, lets just call it hyperventilating about how were destroying the planet. The report is based on more than 1,000 previous research studies, according to the Associated Press. That means two things its based on the work of others, mainly people whose job is dependent on perpetuating the climate change myth, and its not new. But hey, its on official letterhead this time, so STOP THE PRESSES, or something.
The problem with these sorts of studies is the main conclusion is already made before the actual work begins. These academics arent studying to see if the changing climate is caused by man or nature, its simply accepted as faith that its mans fault. So these studies are done to reinforce preconceived notions and justify jobs. These academics who conduct them have to justify their jobs and bring in grant money, government grant money; our money.
Yet this is nothing new. Liberals have been pushing the were all going to die because were destroying the planet idea for decades. Long before the famous global cooling episode in the 1970s, they were pushing this narrative for control.
As I found in researching my book, in 1958, none other than liberal icon Betty Friedan wrote in Harpers magazine that scientists were certain the glacial thermostat, the present interglacial stage is well advanced; the earth is now heading into another Ice Age.
That was the consensus thinking until the 1980s. Then it became the opposite global warming. Weirdly, the solution remained the same, more government power. When the nominal warming stopped and the 10-year predictions of calamity didnt come to pass, they changed the cries to climate change.
This deception was brilliant marketing, no matter what happened in any given year, at any given time, it could be attributed to climate change.
But when you say New York or Miami will be under water in 10 years, and 10 years passes without the flood, a normal person might rethink their claims. A doomsday cult leader who predicts the end of the world on Monday will have some explaining to do on Tuesday. The climate cult isnt burdened by realities like that.
After 30 years of 10-year predictions of destruction not coming to pass, they didnt reassess, they changed the unit of measure. The old 10-year window has become a 100-year window.
I write in my book, Scientific American reported It is fair to say that citizens and politicians intend for Miami, and indeed the whole State of Florida, to exist well beyond 2100. Same for New York City, Boston, Washington D.C., London, Shanghai, Amsterdam, Mumbai and so on. Yet the same people discount staggering losses these places face beyond 2100.
This is but one example of the rush of new 100-year predictions of destruction. This was done because by the time 100 years comes to pass, everyone alive now to hear them will be dead. No explaining in the morning. They cant be proven, but more importantly they cant be disproven. Thats a lot of things, and none of them are science.
In the 1970s, when the fear was the coming ice age, Newsweek reported, Climatologists are pessimistic that political leaders will take any positive action to compensate for the climatic change, or even allay its effects. Sound familiar?
One solution proposed then, I found, was melting the arctic ice cap by covering it with black soot or diverting arctic rivers, though it conceded that doing so might create problems far greater than those they solve.
As crazy and, frankly, primeval, as that sounds, theyre still at it. This week, researchers from Harvard and Yale proposed dimming the Sun by using a technique known as stratospheric aerosol injection, which they say could cut the rate of global warming in half.
So a problem theyve declared with barely 50 years worth of reliable data, and have redefined in both directions before claiming all directions prove their point, warrants literally playing God with the atmosphere? Am I the only one who thinks thats insane?
Weve only had satellites able to measure atmospheric temperatures for about 50 years. Thats not even half a blink of an eye in the planets history. Yet were supposed to be governed by an ever-changing consensus of people with the prediction success rate of the average MegaMillions player? Hell no.
There is, of course, much more none of these cultists want to talk about the medieval warm period, the little ice age, etc. and we must talk about all of them. Newly empowered liberals are looking to enact a green new deal, another massive power grab by the government every bit as dangerous to our liberty as anything to government has ever tried. While it wont go anywhere now, Democrats only control the House, the left never quits. Its been more than 60 years since theyve wanted to control the health care system in the country and, thanks to their patience and Republican ineptitude, theyre almost completely there.
We need to be on guard and ready to stand up this cult everywhere it rears its ugly head, every billionaire looking to impose their religion on us for their profit must be defeated. Their devotion seems laughable now, but it really only matters who has the last laugh.
Thanks P.O.E. My apologies to all, I've used them a lot over the years, and since the election I've been using them a bit more than I had in a while.
And whoops, I inadvertently edited out the author of the second quote, it's Eric Hoffer, from his "The True Believer".
Here's what a correctly maintained temperature station looks like (notice temps declining, on chart at right):
And, here is a poorly-maintained temperatures-gathering station, notice it is situated next to multiple heat sources - voila!, 'Global Warming' (this faulty-data gathering problem is *COMMON* for a MAJORITY of the weather stations used across the US!):
From: http://www.surfacestations.org/
Liberal scientists are lazy.
They want temperature stations near by - - in cities where they live. And yes, large cities have created micro climates that ARE warmer than the area around them... AC, asphalt, concrete, lack of trees, large factories etc. Are these heat sinks representative of the world? Nope... and the lazy liberal ‘scientists’ don’t care... ‘not knowing’ keeps the money flowing in.
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